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[1] Posted by CivicRcR07 11-09-2005, 12:21 AM
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Tools needed to replace a current LED
-new LED
-heat shrink (cut about 1/2" long)
-solder
-soldering iron
-lighter
-razor blade or exacto knife
-wire cutters or scissor

Steps to replace the old LED

Step 1

-First off, make sure the trigger frame is off the marker. You can leave the wiring harness in the trigger frame. Now get all the tools ready and plug the soldering iron in.



Step 2

-Get the old LED and new LED ready. The green one is the stock LED and the clear one is a new ultra bright LED. On the right side of the LEDs there s two picture of two different leds. To make changing the LED easier, look at the led. There is two metal pins in the inside. One is bigger than the other. When you solder the led to the wire later you'll have to know which wires goes to which prong. If the wires are reversed the LED will not work.

Yellow = Smaller pin in the LED
Blue = Bigger pin in the LED



Step 3

-Get the new LED and trim the prongs I would leave at least 1/4" minimum on each prong.



Step 4

-Get the razor blade and slowly and carefully trim the old heat shrink off. BECAREFUL CUTTING THE HEAT SHRINK, YOU DON'T WANT A NASTY CUT!!



Step 5

-Once you trim one side of it, the heat shrink should peel off easily.






Step 6

-By now the soldering iron should be hot. Now get your heat shrink ready. Now take one of the wires to the soldering irong and heat the connection up, the led should pop off easily if it is hot. When the LED comes out, put one heat shrink into the wire. Now take the same wire and LED and heat the connection up. You may need new solder so the LED and wire holds. Make sure you connect the wire to the correct prong.



Step 7

-Once you connect one wire, repeat Step 6 for the other wire.




Step 8

-Once both wires are securely soldered onto the LED you may now move the heat shrink to the connections torwards the LED. Two important things that you should check before you heat the heat shrink.

1) Check the connection, give the connection a slight tug/pull.
2) Double check that you have the heat shrink on each wire.

Now you can heat up the heat shrink. I use a lighter, but if you have a heat gun you can use that too. Warning: If you heat the heat shrink to much you can melt the heat shrink and burn the wire a little bit






And now you are done!
 
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